How is it for children to go outside after Maghrib

How is it for children to go outside after Maghrib

 

Darulifta Ahlesunnat

(Dawateislami)

 

Question

     What do the scholars of Islam and the Muftis of Shari’ah say in relation to the following: What is the ruling on children going outside after Maghrib?

بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ

     Upon the night commencing, i.e. when the time of Maghrib begins, the order to prevent children from going outside has been mentioned in a Hadees, for this is the time when devils scatter around. If children are outside at this time, there is risk of them being harmed. The order to prevent children from going outside is not one of obligation; it is guidance related to one’s wellbeing and so it is better to act accordingly. At most, it is Mustahab (preferable).

وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَرَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم

Answered by: Muhammad Sa’eed Qadri

Verified by: Mufti Muhammad Hashim Khan Attari